Give it a chance. It really is an awesome show. Sunday night's episode was a breath holder.

Okay, be honest with me.

Are the first four seasons crap and season five the reason all the critics are going nuts about it right now?

From what I have read (and yes, I am trying to avoid spoilers), it sounds like something happened that has sort of given season five a face-lift or at least placing it in a renaissance period of sorts.